PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
FOR FEBRUARY, 1871. 
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The annual meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, at 
9p. M., Ist February, 1871. 
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Phear, President, in the chair. 
The President called upon the Secretary to read the annual 
report of the Council. 
AnnvuaL Report For 1870. 
The Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in presenting their 
annual report for the year 1870, have again to congratulate the 
members on the healthy condition of activity which the Society 
has maintained. 
During the year under review, there were 28 ordinary members 
elected, while in the same period, the Society sustained a loss of 57 
members. Of this latter number 45 are due to death or resigna- 
tion, and 12 have been removed from the list for non-compliance 
with the rules of the Society. The somewhat large number of re- 
signations appears to be partially due to the introduction of the 
revised rules of the Society, by which members, leaving for Eu- 
rope, are particularly requested to state, whether they wish that 
their membership should continue or not. Formerly information 
on this point was rarely given, and it was greatly on this account 
that the member list had grown to unnatural dimensions. 
At the close of the year, the number of ordinary members was 
414; of these 266 were paying members, and 148 absent. A 
marked decrease in these numbers is to be observed, when the 
